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Assignment 2: CME/ME 261 Total Marks: 58 Marks Total Due Date: Friday September 25, 2020 at 11:59pm On Blackboard

This document provides the details for Assignment 2 in CME/ME 261, including the due date, submission instructions, and 5 questions. The assignment covers topics like crystal structure identification, packing factor calculations, crystal directions and planes, x-ray diffraction analysis to determine crystal structure, and calculations related to alloying elements in the iron FCC unit cell. Students are expected to complete the assignment individually and show all work for full marks.

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Assignment 2: CME/ME 261 Total Marks: 58 Marks Total Due Date: Friday September 25, 2020 at 11:59pm On Blackboard

This document provides the details for Assignment 2 in CME/ME 261, including the due date, submission instructions, and 5 questions. The assignment covers topics like crystal structure identification, packing factor calculations, crystal directions and planes, x-ray diffraction analysis to determine crystal structure, and calculations related to alloying elements in the iron FCC unit cell. Students are expected to complete the assignment individually and show all work for full marks.

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CME/ME 261: Materials for Manufacturing September 11, 2020

Assignment 2: CME/ME 261

Total marks: 58 marks total


Due Date: Friday September 25, 2020 at 11:59pm on Blackboard

Please note, this assignment should be uploaded electronically to the assignment submission box
on Blackboard and only to Blackboard. Submissions via email will not be accepted. The
assignment should be uploaded as a single pdf file (except if noted otherwise) before the deadline
to avoid late penalties. Assignments submitted in formats other than pdf will not be accepted. The
pdf can include photographs of any derivations or mathematical formulae, as long as it is legible.
Keep in mind file sizes when uploading to Blackboard. Please note, you are allowed to overwrite
your submission to Blackboard as many times as you’d like. The TAs will mark the latest
submission only. This includes a situation where the last submission is received after the deadline
– this is the submission which will be marked for credit and it will be penalized as late. For details
on the grading policy, please see the syllabus. Students are expected to complete all assignments
individually. TAs will attempt to return assignments as soon as possible after the late grading
period has expired.

You should present all calculations in a clear and logical manner for full marks.

Q1. (14 marks total) Crystal structure identification. For the following cells, provide both the
Bravais lattice and motif of the unit cell. Please use proper point coordinate notation for all motifs,
as discussed in lectures. Show your work/sketches for full marks. Please indicate your coordinate
axes (3 marks (a)-(c), 5 marks (d)).

(a)

(b)

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(c)

(d)

Q2. (19 marks total) Packing factor calculations. Determine the packing factor for the following
crystal structures. Show all work/sketches for full marks. Unless otherwise specified, you may
assume a motif of 1 atom at 0, 0, 0.

(a) The atomic packing factor of the HCP unit cell (c/a = √8/3). Two identical atoms per
lattice point one @ 0, 0, 0, 0 and a second @ 2/3, 1/3, 0, 1/2 (see image below) (5 marks)

(b) The {0001} plane from the HCP unit cell. This is a planar packing factor and can be
defined in terms of area. (4 marks)

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(c) The <111> direction from the BCC unit cell. This is a linear packing factor and can be
defined in terms of length. (3 marks)
(d) The atomic packing factor of the crystal system shown in Q1a. You may assume that the
radius of the blue atom is twice the radius of the red atom. (7 marks)

Q3. (9 marks total) Crystal directions, and planes (Miller indices). Draw the atomic
configurations and indicate the close-packed directions (if any) for the following crystal planes. In
your sketch please indicate your choice of origin and give the specific direction (not direction
family), based on your origin choice and vector orientation. You need not duplicate answers for
collinear or parallel close-packed directions. In many cases, multiple answers are possible. All
correct answers will be accepted as long as they represent a complete set of unique directions.
Unless otherwise specified, you may assume a motif of 1 atom at 0, 0, 0. See the image below for
an example of the {100} plane in a FCC unit cell.

(a) The {100} plane in a BCC cell. (3 marks)


(b) The {110} plane in a FCC cell. (3 marks)
(c) The {011̅0} plane in a HCP cell. Two identical atoms per lattice point one @ 0, 0, 0, 0 and
the second @ 2/3, 1/3, 0, 1/2. For this question, only draw the atoms on this plane and
indicate the close-packed direction with an arrow. You need not give the indices of the
close-packed direction. (3 marks)

Q4. (9 marks total) X-ray diffraction. Table 1 lists the 2θ Bragg angles for the first three peaks
(first-order) of a X-ray diffraction pattern for an unknown metal powder sample. The wavelength
of the X-ray used was 0.15418 nm. Beware of the forbidden reflections!

(a) Determine whether this metal has a BCC or FCC crystal structure. Show all work. (6
marks)
(b) Based on your response in (a), estimate which metal was tested (3 marks).

Table 1. Diffraction angles of the first 3 peaks in the X-ray pattern.


Peak Number Diffraction Angle (2)
1 43.6
2 50.8
3 74.4

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Q5. (7 marks total) Austenitic steels can be formed by the interstitial solution of alloying elements
into the tetrahedral sites of the iron FCC unit cell. Show all work and use sketches where
appropriate.

(a) What is the maximum theoretical concentration (as an atomic %) of alloying elements in
the tetrahedral sites of the iron FCC unit cell. (3 marks)
(b) Assuming the alloying element is carbon. Calculate the maximum theoretical weight
concentration (as a weight %) of carbon in the tetrahedral sites of the iron FCC unit cell.
(2 marks)
(c) Assume that carbon will actually only fill 1/4 of the available tetrahedral sites in FCC iron.
Calculate the concentration of vacant tetrahedral sites (per m3) for FCC iron if it has a
lattice parameter of 0.357 nm. (2 marks)

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